Wall seat



May 1, 1928. 1,668,386

H. G. TALBOTT WALL SEAT med Feb.3. 1927 Z'Sheets-Shee. 1

Patented May 1, 1928.

HARRY G. TALBOTT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WALL SEAT.

Application filed February 3, 1927. Serial No. 165,554.

My invention relates to wall furniture and has for its Object to providea seat adapt ed to support a single individual so arranged that when notin use it maybe folded up and slid into a cavity in the wall and whollyconcealed from View by a sliding panel. A particular object of theinvention is to provide a seat of this characterwhich will be simple inconstruction, easily operated to swing it from concealed positionintooperat ing position, and amply strong to sustain I much more thanthe weight of anyindividual. V

A further object of the invention is to provide a swinging seat sobraced against depression from horizontal position that its outer endmay be left without a supporting leg. r

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction inwhichthe seat audits bracing means maybe swung bodily into the cavity inwhich it is to be received and wholvention showing the seat in positionfor use.

Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view ot the construction shownin Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 2 but showing the device ofmy invention in closed position.

Figure t is a front view of the device, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the moving parts of the device and oneof the uprights in which the parts aremovable.

In the drawings 1 and 2 indicate vertical front boards and 3, 1- and 5indicate cross boards connecting the vertical front boards 3 and 4c.These boards and cross boards are preferably extended upward andlaterally to form rectangular spaces for panels 5. 6 and i 7 indicateside uprights extending rearward from opposite edges of front boards 1and 2 at right angles thereto. The inner opposite faces of these sideuprights 6 and 7 are alike in construction and description of one willbe sufficient for bot-h.

In the inner faces of these side uprights are found grooves 9 and 10,the upper groove 9 extending from a point near the upper end of theupright downward with a slight inclination to the rear somewhat morethan half the distance to the lower end of the upright terminating ashort distance below the level of the lower edgeof cross board 4;.Groove 10 extends from a point about on a level with'the upper edge ofcross board 4 downward to the lower end of the upright ata slightinclination to the rear and. is preferably parallel with. groove 9. Atits front edge the upright is rabbeted to form a vertical guide way 11extending from top to bottom of the upright. At the upper end of thisguide way 11 apulley 12 such as is commonlyuse'd in. window.construction is set into the upright. At the rear of the upright nearits upper end a similar pulley 13 is insetinto the upright.

v The guide ways 11 carry the edges of slid ing panel 14:. Chains 15connected to the edges of the sliding panel pass over pulleys 12and areconnected at their other ends with counter balance weights, (not shown);

17 indicates the seat of my device. At. its rear end this seat isprovided with trunuions 18 extending into the grooves 10 and 7arrangement being such that when the seat is swung upward it may bepushed downward so as to beback of the cross board 4;. The length oftheiseat is such that when thus pushed down its upper, outer end willnot be abovetheupper edge of cross board 4.

Tot-he rear; edge of the seat/17 slightly forward ot the trunnionslS ishinged at19 the lower edge of a brace board 20 which is provided near,its upper end with trunnions 21 which are movable in 'grooves 9. To therear end of the seat- 17 are connected 1 chains 22 which lead overpulleys 13 to counterweights 23.

At the upper ends of grooves 9 are inset into the uprights 6 and 7metallic stop plates 24 and at the upper ends of grooves 10 are insetsimilar metallic stop plates 25 these stop plates serving to stop thet-runnions 18 of the seat 17 and trunnions 21 of the brace board 20respectively. e V

The seat 17 and the brace board 20 are preferably cut out slightly atthese side edges as shown for convenience in swinging them into and outof position.

The seat 17 and the brace board 20 are each preferably formed of asingle piece of strong material such as wood with the grain runningvertically.

The front boards 1 and 2 and cross boards 3 and l with panels 5 arespaced away from the wall of the apartment in which they are to be useda distance corresponding to the width from front to rear of the uprights6 and lVhen the seat is not to be used the front end of the seat isswung upward on its trunnions carrying the lower end of the brace boardto the rear so that as the seat is swung into contact with the braceboard the two will slide downward easily against the lifting force ofthe counterweights 23, into position in rear of the cross board 4 andthe panel 5 below it. The sliding panel 14 may then be drawn up to closethe opening through which the seatextended.

lVhen the seat. is to be used the sliding panel 14 is pushed down untilits upper edge is at or below the upper edge of cross board 4 and theseat 17 and brace board are drawn upward and the seat swung outward anddownward. As the seat reaches its horizontal position its under facerests at a point near its rear end upon the upper edge of the crossboard t while the upper face of its rear end bears upward against thelower end of the brace board. The contact of the trunnions 18 of theseat with the stop plates 25 tends to hold the seat in horizontalposition and the contact of the trunnions 21 of the brace board hold thebrace board from further upward movement so that the contact of thelower end of the brace board with the rear end of the seat holds itfirmly against being swung downward out of horizontal position.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. In wall furniture"the'combination of a pair of oppositely arranged uprights provided withtwo sets of ways in their inner faces, a cross bar connecting the frontedges of the uprights at a height suitable to support a seat, the crossbar being so arranged as to have a substantial space behind it, a seatprovided'near its rear end with trunnions extending into the forward setof Ways of the uprights, adapted to be moved into and out of the spacebehind the cross bar, and to be swung on its trunnions into horizontalposition, a brace board hinged to the seat near its trunnions, saidbrace board he said brace board.

2. In wall furniture the combination of a pair of oppositely arrangeduprights provided with two sets of ways in their inner faces, a crossbar connecting the front edges of the uprights at a height suitable tosupport a seat, the 'cross bar being so arranged as to have asubstantial space behind it. a seat provided near its rear end withtrunnions extending into the forward set of ways of the uprights,adapted to be moved into and-out of the space behind the cross bar, andto be swung outward on its trunnions into horizontal position, a braceboard hinged to the seat near its trunnions, said brace board beingprovided with trunnions near its free end extending into the rear set ofways, stops at the upper ends of said second set of ways adapted tolimit the upward movement of said brace board and a sliding panel forclosing the space above the cross bar. 7

3. In wall furniture the combination of a pair of oppositely arrangeduprights provided with two sets of ways in their inner faces so inclinedthat their upper ends are nearer and their lower endsare further fromthe front edges of the uprights, a cross bar connecting the front edgesof the uprights at a height suitable to support a seat, the cross barbeing so arranged as to have a substantial space behind it, a seatprovided near its rear end with trunnions extending into the forward setof ways of the uprights, adapted to be moved into and out of the spacebehind the cross bar a brace board hinged to the seat near itstrunnions, said brace board being provided with trunnions near its freeend and extending into the rear set of ways, and stops at the upper endsof said second set of ways adapted to' limit the upward movementofsaid'brace board.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aftix'my signature.

HARRY G. TALBOTT.

